Allahabad High Court
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND OTHERSversusSMT. NIRMALA DEVI
- Decided
- Bench
- MANISH KUMAR NIGAM
Holding
The court held that the bank must deposit the keys within three weeks, and if it does so, no further liability will attach.
Summary
A revision was filed by Punjab National Bank against a decree ordering it to vacate a premises and pay arrears of rent. The bank had vacated the premises on 14 July 2025 and deposited the due rent, but retained the keys, citing a dispute between the landlord and the society. The court observed that the bank’s possession was limited to the keys and directed it to hand over the keys to the executing court within three weeks. The court further held that if the bank complies within the stipulated period, no additional liability will be imposed. Accordingly, the revision was disposed of.
Issues considered
- Whether the bank is liable for further consequences for retaining the keys after vacating the premises
- Whether the bank must surrender the keys to comply with the decree
Subjects
- revision
- decree compliance
- possession
- delivery of keys
- landlord-tenant
- bank
- civil procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CIVIL REVISION No. - 614 of 2012
Punjab National Bank And Others
.....Revisionist(s)
Versus
Smt. Nirmala Devi
.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Revisionist(s) : Mn, Sudha Pandey
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : , Vikrant Rana
Court No. - 5
HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.
2. This revision has been filed against the judgment and decree dated 27.8.2012
passed in S.C.C. Suit No.52/2010 (Smt. Nirmala Devi vs. Punjab National Bank).
3. By the decree, the defendant - Punjab National Bank was to vacate the premises
within four weeks and to deposit the decreetal amount.
4. It has been stated by learned counsel for the revisionist that the Bank has vacated
the premises on 14.7.2025 and has also deposited the arrears of rent as well as rent up
to the date on which the Bank has vacated the premises.
5. Learned counsel for the Bank submitted that keys of the premises in dispute are
with the Bank because of the dispute between the landlord and the society and
therefore, same is not being handed over.
6. Since the Bank has already vacated the premises and merely is possessing the keys,
it is directed that the Bank should deposit the keys before the Executing Court, within
a period of three weeks and in case Bank deposits the keys within three weeks, no
further liability will be fastened upon the Bank.
7. With these observations, the present revision stands disposed of.
March 11, 2026
Rishabh
(Manish Kumar Nigam,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
RISHABH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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